OPM Congressional Budget Justification and Annual Performance Plan

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

FY 2000
Budget Justification/Performance Plan

(Administrative Services - OCAS continued)

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ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR FY 2000

OCAS Goal 1: FY 1999/2000	Agency Space costs are reduced.

		Redesign selected Theodore Roosevelt Building (Washington, DC) and Service Center (field locations) space to improve utilization.
		Release excess space.
		Negotiate lower rent costs with GSA for our Boyers, PA facility.
		Correct GSA rent billing errors.

		Reduction in GSA rental charges and square footage assignments. FY 1998: Achieved an annualized savings of more than $750,000 from releasing and consolidating office and other space by redesigning space for the Detroit Service Center; redesigning the sixth floor of the Theodore Roosevelt Building (TRB); eliminating unneeded storage space in the TRB; and reducing the square footage for our Alexandria warehouse. FY 1998: Implemented a new accounting system to better manage and track space utilization and space costs.

OCAS Goal 2: FY 1999/2000	Procurement costs are reduced.

		Expand electronic commerce by posting solicitation documents on OPM’s Internet Home Page; soliciting competition via the Federal Acquisition Computer Network; ordering products via electronic catalogs; issuing electronic purchase orders; receiving and paying electronic invoices; and increasing the use of purchase cards.
		Maximize the use of streamlined procurement methods by buying commercially available products and services using simplified acquisition procedures and by using Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC).
		Expand the use of performance based service contract principles.
		Expand delegated purchasing authority.

		Improved training of procurement personnel. During FY 1998, developed and implemented a policy which requires training for all OPM acquisition personnel; and developed and conducted training in advanced simplified acquisition procedures for over 100 OPM personnel to allow them to assume delegated procurement responsibilities.
		Reduced cost of purchases as a result of increased purchase card use. FY1998: Reduced administrative costs by $640,000 through a 75 percent increase in the dollar volume and a 25 percent increase in the number of purchases made using the VISA I.M.P.A.C. Purchase Card. FY 1999: Implement process improvements associated with the use and payment of bills for purchase card transactions.
		Increased purchase orders issued to mandatory sources.
		Increased use of recycled content paper. FY 1998: Increased purchase of recycled content paper from 21 percent to 68 percent.
		Reduced printing, handling, and postage costs for solicitation documents.
		Increased competition resulting in lower prices.

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